Telescopic fishing rod



c. A. TREDWELL. TELESCOPIC FISHING ROD.

Jan. 2, 1923,.

VFILED JUNE 13, 1922.

To all whom it may concern.:

'Patented dan. 2, 1923.

nutren .sra-res Aarent certes.

CHARLES A. 'TREDWELL, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOlt T0 WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CD., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

l rntnscorrc FISHING. non.

Application filed June 13,` 1922. Serial No. 567,914-,

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. '1annwELL, acitizen of the United States, residlng at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulilmprovement in Telescopic Fishing Rods; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken .in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and 'exact description of the same, and

which said drawings constitute part of thisv i app-lication and represent in Fig. a broken view, in side elevation, ofl a telescopic fishing-rod, embodying my ini vention. l 1

Fig. 2 an enlarged broken view thereof in longitudinal central section.

Fig. 3 a view thereof, in transverse section, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: a detached broken view, partly in section, of the upper end of the first or buttsection of the rod.

Fig. 5 a detached broken view of the lower end of the second section of the rod.

Fig. 6 a detached perspective view of the expansible friction-tube of the joint.

Fig. 7 a detached perspective view of one of the retaining-rings of the joint.

My invention relates to an improved, sheet-metal, telescopic fishing-rod, `the object beingk to provide simple, durable and efficient means for maintaining the several units or sections of the rod in relative longitudinal adjustment,'whether that be extended or telescoped.

-With these ends in view, my invention consists ina telescopic fishing-rod having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will be lhereinafter pointed out in the claim.

1n carryingv out my invention, as shown, 1 employ a -longitudinally-spllt, expansible friction-tube 8, the external diameter of which is slightly larger, normally, or when the tube is unconfined and fully exp-anded, than theinternal diameter of the body 9 of the first or butt-section u nit of the rod, the upper end of which section is reduced to form a sleeve 10. When, however, the said tube is compressed and confined within the said body 9, its internal diameter is considerably larger than the external diameter ofthe sleeve 11 formed by reducing A the lower end of the second rod-section or unit, the body 12 of which is smaller in di.

ameter than the body9 of the first oi-.buttsection or unit thereof, so-that, when the sleeve 10 is sleeved over the body 12 and the sleeve' 11 correspondingly entered into the body 9, an annular clearance space 13 will be formed between the exterior surface of the sleeve 11 and the interior surfaceof the expansible tube 8. Between the bodyj 9 4and sleeve 10 of the butt-section, a stop#l shoulder 14" is formed,l while between the body 12 and sleeve 11 of thefsecdnd rod-section, aretaining-shoulder 15 is formed, the .A

said shoulders being produced Vb|1y reducing the said sections to produce .the sleeves thereof. I also employ. two corresponding collars 16 and 17, adapted inlinte-rnaldiameter to fit snugly over the sleeve 11 and in external diameter to fit snugly within the body 9.

1n assembling the several parts, above described, the sleeve 11 is' inserted intor'the body 9,',at which time the sleeve 10 is sleeved over the body 12. The'colllar 16 is now introduced through the open' lower end ofthe body 9 and passed over the sleeve 11, finally coming to rest upon the retaining-shoulder 15. The tube 8, having first been compressed to reduce its diameter, is then crowded into the body 9, until its upper edge is brought to a bearing upon the collar 16,- previously inserted as described. rllhe tube 8 now-ex- 'pands and makesfriction contact with the inner wall of the body 9 but entirely clears the sleeve 11, than whlch it is larger in diameter, evenI when compressed. The other collar 17 is now inserted through the open flower end of the body 9 and passed over the projecting end of the sleeve 11 and brought to a bearing u on the adjacent edge of the sleeve 11 is then swaged, as at 18, whereby 'the several parts are held together. -The tube 8. The s lghtlyprojecting end of the herein' As shown, the outer surface of the sleeve l() is provided with a mounting-'band 19 earrying a line-guide 20, and has its extreme upper end turned inward, as at 21, to form a pleasingfinish. i

I claim:

In n telescopic fishing-rod, the combination v'th two rod-sections or units differentiated in dia-meter and having their adjacentv ends reduced to form sleeves and shoulders, of an expansible frictionftube split throughout its length and larger in exteruel diameter, when unconlined lend fully expanded,A than the internal diameter of the larger unit into which it is introduced and with the inner-face of which its outer face mentioned being expanded to hold the sev eral parts together and to p-revent the oomplete separation of the said two rod-sections'.

In testimony whereof, I have sig-ned this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. TREDwELL.

IVitnesses:

Enix S. PALMER, WALTER M. THOMPSON. 

